US Government Lab Looks to Blockchain for P2P Energy
BlockCypher and a U.S. Energy Department lab are developing solutions allowing energy transactions to be settled across blockchains.
BlockCypher and a U.S. Energy Department lab are developing solutions allowing energy transactions to be settled across blockchains.
South Korea's Communications Commission has issued fines totaling $130,000 to eight cryptocurrency exchanges over insufficient user data protection.
While some say the guidelines proposed by Israel's tax authority would legitimize token sales, others balk at the notion of taxing them at all.
Innovate UK, the United Kingdom's innovation arm, plans to invest more than $26 million in emerging tech projects, including distributed ledgers.
Even with a tumultuous past and harsh critics, stablecoin projects keep popping up, aiming to relieve some of the volatility in the crypto markets.
An Amazon UK customer is relieved after finally receiving a refund for an Antminer S9 which he paid for but never received.
Payments processor Stripe announced it would end support for bitcoin in April, citing rising transaction costs and times as two reasons for the move.
A European Union commissioner plans to hold a meeting of public and private sector stakeholders to discuss the impact of cryptocurrencies.
A new bill introduced to the Virginia state legislature calls for a study on the impact of cryptocurrencies.
The Malta Financial Services Authority published the feedback it received on its proposed rules for cryptocurrency investment schemes.
TD Ameritrade said that the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 was a strong one, buoyed in part by interested in stocks related to blockchain.
Goldman Sachs analysts have claimed bitcoin is in a bubble bigger than the dot-com era and the famous Dutch tulip mania.
The price of ether is likely to head south unless the bulls can quickly pull the price back over $1,100, price chart analysis indicates.
The United Nations has formed a new coalition to research and adopt applications of blockchain technology to further action on climate change.
Not all unwelcome tidings can be dismissed as attempts to sow "fear, uncertainty and doubt," and shooting the messenger won't make the message untrue.
Bitcoin prices look set to explore sub-$10,000 levels, leaving the bulls an uphill task to achieve a reversal.
Tech giant Microsoft and blockchain alliance Hyperledger and others have joined blockchain-based digital identity initiative, the ID2020 Alliance.
China's banking regulator, the CBRC, thinks the country should double down on its adoption on blockchain technology to improve the credit market.
Japan-based bitcoin exchange bitFlyer has opened a new EU branch after receiving regulatory approval in Luxembourg.
After decades at a white-shoe law firm, Russell Bruemmer is now advising blockchain startup Applied Philosophy Labs on token sales and governance.
South Korea's financial watchdog has set a date for the introduction of a new rule barring anonymous virtual cryptocurrency trading accounts.
The City of South Burlington in Vermont is partnering with a blockchain startup to pilot a land registry ledger based on the tech.
Transaction fees are the talk of the bitcoin ecosystem, with many users upset by the rising cost to send funds, but there are simple ways to cut fees.
U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R.-Fl) and Robert Menendez (D.-NJ) have denounced Venezuela's planned cryptocurrency in a new letter.
The price of bitcoin is down more than 10% today, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index (BPI).
The SEC is investigating companies that have made recent waves in markets with their public pivots toward blockchain.
Coinbase has added Twitter's former vice president of operations and user services to its team in an effort to improve its customer service.
Louis Dreyfus, a major commodities trading company, has announced that it has piloted a blockchain-based transaction system developed by a group of financial institutions including ING.
China's public security ministry says it will take aim at pyramid schemes in the country, including those that purportedly involve cryptocurrencies.
The National Research Council of Canada is trialing the ethereum blockchain for recording government contracts.